Schreiber Tobias, Attanasio Philipp, Heinzel Frank, Pieske Burkert, Haverkamp Wilhelm, Huemer Martin
Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Kardiologie, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13553, Berlin, Deutschland.
Herzschrittmacherther Elektrophysiol. 2017 Mar;28(1):67-69. doi: 10.1007/s00399-017-0492-4. Epub 2017 Feb 9.
If a transfemoral approach for catheter ablation procedures of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardias is impossible, other access sites have to be considered. We present the case of a 78-year-old woman with an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter with symptomatic episodes of an atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). We used a combined cubital and axillary vein approach. The tachycardia was successfully ablated within the timeframe needed for conventional ablation.